SEC Softball Tournament 2026

when do the good teams start playing?

First round: Tuesday, May 5
Game 1 | No. 11 Missouri vs. No. 14 Auburn | 1 p.m. ET | SEC Network
Game 2 | No. 10 Mississippi State vs. No. 15 Kentucky | 35 mins following Game 1 | SEC Network
Game 3 | No. 12 South Carolina vs. No. 13 Ole Miss | 35 mins following Game 2 | SEC Network

Second round: Wednesday, May 6
Game 4 | No. 6 Texas A&M vs. winner of Game 1 | 11 a.m. | SEC Network
Game 5 | No. 7 Arkansas vs. winner of Game 2 | 35 mins following Game 4 | SEC Network
Game 6 | No. 5 Tennessee vs. winner of Game 3| 35 mins following Game 5 | SEC Network
Game 7 | No. 8 LSU vs. No. 9 Georgia | 35 mins following Game 6 | SEC Network

Quarterfinals: Thursday, May 7
Game 8 | No. 3 Florida vs. winner of Game 4 | 11 a.m. | SEC Network
Game 9 | No. 2 Alabama vs. winner of Game 5 | 35 mins following Game 8 | SEC Network
Game 10 | No. 4 Texas vs. winner of Game 6 | 35 mins following Game 9 | SEC Network
Game 11 | No. 1 Oklahoma vs. winner of Game 7 | 35 mins following Game 10 | SEC Network

Semifinals: Friday, May 8
Game 12 | winner of Game 8 vs. winner of Game 9 | 5 p.m. | ESPN
Game 13 | winner of Game 10 vs. winner of Game 11 | 35 mins following Game 12 | ESPN

Championship final: Saturday, May 9
Game 14 | winner of Game 12 vs. winner of Game 13 | 5 p.m. | ESPN

It looks like a lot of rain starting around 3:00-4:00 tomorrow and lasting thru Wednesday morning. They might be playing catch-up for a lot of the following two days. Maybe it'll time out better than scheduled for you there. Fingers crossed.

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Due to potential inclement weather in the Lexington area, Game One between @AuburnSoftball and @MizzouSoftball has been moved up to 11 AM ET tomorrow, May 5th.

Game Two (@UKsoftball vs. @HailStateSB) will follow +35 minutes after the conclusion of Game One.

Game Three (@OleMissSoftball vs. @GamecockSoftbll) will follow +35 minutes after the conclusion of Game Two.

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Thursday

Very nice! That'll make it all easy to follow in one place.

Mizzou is 28-28. A loss in this game puts them below .500 and disqualifies them from the NCAA tournament, unless something has changed this year.

I didn't start a separate topic for this because it's just the USA TODAY Sports Network All-SEC softball team, but I figured it was worth a mention.


Catcher: Kendall Wells, Oklahoma-*

First base: Katie Stewart, Texas

Second base: Keirstin Roose, Georgia

Shortstop: Gabbie Garcia, Oklahoma-*

Third base: Ella McDowell, Arkansas

Outfield: Taylor Shumaker, Florida

Outfield: Ella Parker, Oklahoma

Outfield: Kai Minor, Oklahoma

Designated player: Mya Perez, Texas A&M

Pitcher: Jocelyn Briski, Alabama-*

Pitcher: Karlyn Pickens, Tennessee

Pitcher: Keagan Rothrock, Florida

Coach of the Year: Patrick Murphy, Alabama

Player of the Year: Kendall Wells, Oklahoma

Pitcher of the Year: Jocelyn Briski, Alabama

Freshman on the Year: Kai Minor, Oklahoma

Newcomer of the Year: Peja Goold, Mississippi State

*-Unanimous selection



Well done by Murphy to finish a close second when picked to finish around sixth in the preseason predictions.

Auburn added a couple more to win 6-2, and Mizzou's season is over, it would seem.

Top of the 2nd: Kentucky and Mississippi State are scoreless

Kentucky and State tied 1-1 in the 5th. Kentucky is on a 23 game losing streak in conference play.